Hellenistic

Alabaster or loutrophoros (jar for storage or water)

With long neck, two handles and moulded foot and cover. H. 7 7/8 (20 cm); Diam. 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)

Date

350 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5133

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXIII.5, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1648, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 554, p. 397, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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